All content by Liv Steinhardt
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Q&A: How 2 first-years found community mixing music in their dorms
WSN spoke to first-year students Christie Brewer and Saima ‘Sai’ Hasan about experimenting musically, finding community and creating NYU Tiny Dorm Concerts.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• April 29, 2024
![Two women wearing neutral colors are shocked as the woman in front of them flips her hair.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wickedlittleletters-1200x687.jpg)
Review: ‘Wicked Little Letters’ spells out what it means to be kind
In “Wicked Little Letters,” handwriting isn’t the only script that denotes what it means to be a good mother, drunkard, neighbor or friend.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• April 17, 2024
![An illustration of a man with brown hair and a blue shirt wearing movie theater 3D glasses that say "VERSUS" across the lenses.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/freetime-1200x800.jpg)
‘Free Time’ subverts any semblance of competent adulthood
I would call “Free Time” incompetence porn, but it’s not.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• April 5, 2024
![An illustration of the “Poor Things” protagonist, Bella Baxter, with a light purple film strip in the background. Bella is cut into pieces, with her brain outside of her body, and is running.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/arts-film-versus-poor-things-1200x801.png)
‘Poor Things’ argues to be human is to be monstrous
Subverting genre and reflecting the classics prior, “Poor Things” proposes what a modern monster movie should look like.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• February 16, 2024
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Q&A: Director and NYU alum Raven Jackson on the making of ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
WSN spoke with Jackson, the director of A24’s newest release, about creating visual poetry with an uncompromising vision.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• November 6, 2023
![A person in a white dress stands holding a baby in a diaper. They are standing in the middle of green trees and foliage with a few houses in the background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/arts-all-dirt-roads-taste-of-salt-review-1200x675.jpeg)
Review: ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’ and meditating on the changes that define us
NYU Film grad’s debut feature treats themes of change and memory with audiovisual precision.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• November 3, 2023
![Actor Paul Dano wearing a blue shirt and red headband sits in a brown desk chair. He is speaking into a red microphone while looking at two computer monitors. The image is from the film “Dumb Money.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/arts-film-review-dumb-money-1200x676.jpg)
Review: ‘Dumb Money’ wages war on the wealthy through sensory overload
Craig Gillespie’s energetic new film begins by telling the story of the 2021 GameStop short squeeze, but ends with overconfident optimism.
Liv Steinhardt, Contributing Writer
• September 25, 2023
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Graylin Lucas, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Jake Christy, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Brian Sanchez, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Vaishnavi Girish, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer • February 11, 2025